Today's recipe for Cooking Carnival in Blogging Marathon #68 is a uthappam topped with mixed vegetables.I usually make uthappam with the dosa batter.But a friend of mine makes a different batter for uthappam and it comes out very good and get a very nice color.Also the vegetables for the topping needs to be chopped very finely.But it can be sauteed in a tsp of oil for couple of minutes and used for the topping.Let's move on to the recipe......
    Preparation time   35- 40minutes
Soaking time 3-4 hours
 Soaking time 3-4 hours
    Fermentation time   8-10 hours
     Cooking time   2-3 minutes/uthappam
     Makes   12-14 
 Ingredients
    For the batter
 |  Ingredient |  Quantity | 
|---|---|
|  Idly rice or pulungal arisi |  1 cup | 
|  Raw rice/pacharisi |  1 cup | 
|  Urad dhal/uluthamparuppu |  5 tbs | 
|  Toor dhal/thuvaramparuppu | 2 tbs | 
|  Channa dhal/kadala paruppu | 1 tbs | 
|  Fenugreek seeds/vendhayam | 1 tsp | 
|  Salt | 1.5 tsp | 
| Water | to grind | 
   For the topping
 |  Ingredient |  Quantity | 
|---|---|
|  Onion(finely chopped) |  2-3 (medium size) | 
|  Carrot (grated) |  1/2 cup | 
|  Beans(very finely chopped) |  1/4-1/2 cup | 
|  Tomato(finely chopped) | 2 -3(medium size) | 
|  Green chilly/pachamilagai | 5-6 | 
|  Coriander leaves(finely chopped) | 3-4 tbs | 
|  Oil | as needed to cook uthappam | 
  Method
 
   
 - Soak both rice and dhals,fenugreek seeds together for 3-4 hours.After soaking Drain the water completely and grind it in a blender or wet grinder till its fluffy and fine paste.Transfer it to a bowl and add salt.Mix it well,keep it in a warm place for 8-10 hours or overnight for fermentation
- Next day or after the fermentation mix the batter well and take the required amount of batter to make dosa.Adjust the consistency with water.
- Heat a griddle and one it becomes hot ,add a drop of oil and wipe it off with a paper and keep the flame in medium.Pour a ladleful of batter and spread to a thick circle.
- Now sprinkle the vegetables on top the batter and sprinkle some oil.Let it cook for a minute or two.
- Flip it to the other side and cook it for a minute,then remove it from the griddle.
- Serve it with coconut and sambar.
- The batter consistency is very important to get a nice uthappam.It should not be too thick or thin.
- While pouring the batter on the griddle,the flame should in medium.
- Top the vegetable on the uthappam as soon as the batter is spread.
Enjoy...........................
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